Stuart Anderson, Forbes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reversed itself by eliminating language from its website aimed at preventing international students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training (OPT) from working for companies at third-party locations. The USCIS change may have been in response to […]
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Viewpoint: New immigration policy likely to hurt foreign students and their would-be employers
8 Jun
by Foster LLP, on News
By Robert F. Loughran, Partner, Foster LLP – Austin Business Journal On May 11, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new policy memorandum notifying its officers of a change in policy regarding the interpretation and calculation of “unlawful presence” for foreign nationals in the United States as F-1 Students, […]
By Stephanie Saul, The New York Times Kansas State University is one of a number of colleges cutting programs because of declines in foreign student enrollment. Credit Amy Stroth for The New York Times At Wright State University in Ohio, the French horn and tuba professors are out. So is […]
Decades ago there was a hit song in India, “Chitthi Aayi Hai,” a tear-jerking anthem about mothers mourning the loss of sons who went to school abroad and never came back. The tune has changed. “It used to be by default students from India and China, in particular, bought one-way […]